1.[i][t]（船）航行；（人）乘船航行to travel on water using sails or an engine
to sail into harbour驶入海港
The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.小艇平稳地驶过湖面。
The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe.渡船行驶于纽黑文和迪耶普之间。
one of the first people to sail around the world最早进行环球航行的人之一
to sail the Atlantic在大西洋上航行
2.[i][t]驾驶（或乘坐）帆船航行（尤指作为体育运动）to control or travel on a boat with a sail, especially as a sport
We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast.我们在南部海岸一带驾帆船度过了周末。
Do you go sailing often?你常去驾帆船玩吗？
She sails her own yacht.她驾驶自己的游艇。
3.[i]起航to begin a journey on water
We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow.我们明天下午两点起航。
He sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth.他从朴次茅斯起航，向西印度群岛进发。
4.[i]+ adv./prep.掠；飘；浮游；（人）昂首而行，气宇轩昂地走to move quickly and smoothly in a particular direction; (of people) to move in a confident manner
clouds sailing across the sky飘过天空的云彩
The ball sailed over the goalie's head.球从守门员头顶飞过。
She sailed past, ignoring me completely.她翩然而过，看都不看我一眼。
1.[c][u]帆a sheet of strong cloth which the wind blows against to make a boat or ship travel through the water
As the boat moved down the river the wind began to fill the sails.船顺河而下，风逐渐胀满了帆。
a ship under sail(= using sails)张帆行驶的船
in the days of sail(= when ships all used sails)在帆船时代
She moved away like a ship in full sail(= with all its sails spread out) .她一阵风似的走了。
2.[sing]乘船航行a trip in a boat or ship
We went for a sail.我们乘船兜了一趟风。
a two-hour sail across the bay横渡海湾的两小时航程
3.[c]（风车的）翼板a set of boards attached to the arm of a windmill
a liner setting sail from New York自纽约起航的邮轮
We set sail (for France) at high tide.我们在涨潮时起航（前往法国）。
a liner setting sail from New York自纽约起航的邮轮
We set sail (for France) at high tide.我们在涨潮时起航（前往法国）。
At once he began to shorten sail, to invest only in the soundest securities, and to convert all his weaker ones into cash.
他马上开始收缩资金，只投资在最可靠的证券上，并把他所有比较不可靠的证券都变成了现金。
"Do you suppose the boat will sail promptly? " asked Jessica, "if it keeps up like this? "
“你看船能准时开吗？”杰西卡问。“如果天气老是这样的话，行吗？”
A modern ship is able to sail across the Atlantic in a few days.
一艘现代化轮船可以在几天内横渡大西洋。
And could not any other seaman sail across the ocean just as he has done ?
难道其他海员就不能像他一样横跨大洋吗？
I cannot choose whether the wind is strong or weak, but I can decide how far to sail in a day, or whether to continue sailing at all.
我无法选择风的大小，但我可以决定今天是否继续航行或是航行多远。
The Greeks believed that Gibraltar was one of the Pillars of Hercules and no one dared sail beyond it.
希腊人相信直布罗陀是赫克利斯石柱之一，因而没有人胆敢驶离它的范围。
If you are not afraid of suffering, the courage to set sail against the wind and rain, the sea and the sun will be reflected on the Rainbow.
只要你不怕苦难，有勇气架起风帆抗击风雨，海面就会倒映彩虹和太阳。
He felt as ashamed as if he had, without warning her, stepped off the Cobb and set sail for China.
他深感羞愧，这好比自己事先对她没打个招呼就一步迈下防波堤，乘船到中国去了一样。
Fortunately the wind was blowing on shore from the ocean, so we were able to hoist the sail.
运气还不错，风正从大海往陆地上吹着，我们还能把船帆升起。
Boat buyers tend to overestimate how often they'll set sail and minimize how much the boat will cost.
船买家偏向于高估他们每每将解缆，裁减多少船的费用。
Therefore! His character made him in the business community to sail with the wind.
因此！他的性格也让他在商界顺风顺水。
A solar sail vessel would merely enter the stream and hitch a ride, like a paper airplane drifting into the wind made by an electric fan.
太阳帆飞船只消进入这条高速公路，然后搭车远航便是，就像是电风扇吹动纸飞机前行一样。
One idea was that it reached out to "the edge of the world. " Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth.
一种想法是大西洋远抵“世界的边缘”，海员们担心他们会一直航行到地球边上掉落下去。
The boat leaves Liverpool on the fifteenth, but beFORe we set sail(FOR New York)I have to spend a few days in Scotland.
船十五号离开利物浦，但是（开往纽约）之前，我得在苏格兰呆上几天。
The teacher, if I can fly in the sky, it is you give me a pair of wings, If I can sail in the sea, that you gave me a frolic strength!
老师，假如我能搏击蓝天，那是您给了我腾飞的翅膀；假如我是击浪的勇士，那是您给了我弄潮的力量！
Thrown into the deep waters of sailing in his youth, he left with his parents to sail the Mediterranean for a year and a half.
童年时的他就曾经和父母一起在地中海进行了1次长达1年半的航行，一个真正“在水里长大的孩子”。
They took their oars and began to pull from the shore, then spread their sail, and drove merrily across the firth.
他们先摇了一阵橹使船离岸，接着扬起帆，驾着小船欢乐地渡过河口。
But do you think, " said Lucy, " Aslan's country would be that sort of country - I mean, the sort you could ever sail to?
你看，“露茜说，”阿斯兰的国土是那种——我意思是说，乘船能找到的国土吗？
so that, by the time the captain's party was ready to sail, there were several other whaling vessels on the point of starting.
于是，到船长的捕鲸队准备停当的时候，几艘其他的捕鲸船也正要出发了。
The men were able to steer the raft, but they could not sail against the wind.
舵手很容易操纵救生筏，但是他们不能在逆风中航行。
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